(1) The Tribunal may,
on the application of a person referred to in section 424 or on its own
initiative, issue a service provider with a compliance notice if it appears to
the Tribunal that the service provider has not complied with a prescribed
requirement.
(2) The compliance
notice may direct the service provider —
(a) to
take specified action within the specified period for the purpose of complying
with the prescribed requirement; and
(b) to
report to the Tribunal in the specified manner within the specified period
that —
(i)
the service provider has taken the action specified under
paragraph (a) within the period specified under paragraph (a); or
(ii)
if the service provider has not taken the specified
action or has not taken that action within the specified period — the
reasons for not doing so.
(3) Before deciding
whether or not to issue a service provider with a compliance notice, the
Tribunal must consider whether it would be appropriate to refer the matter to
one or more of the following —
(a) the
CEO;
(b) the
CEO of the Health Department;
(c) the
Chief Psychiatrist;
(d) a
registration board.
(4) If the Tribunal
decides that it would be appropriate to refer the matter to a person or body
referred to in subsection (3), the Tribunal may refer the matter instead of,
or in addition to, issuing the service provider with a compliance notice.
[Section 423 amended: No. 10 of 2023 s. 382.]